SLIDE 1
What is the DofE?
SLIDE 2 The DofE is…
Your DofE programme is a real adventure. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from. You just need to be aged between 14 and 24. You can do DofE programmes at three levels:
- Bronze (aged 14+)
- Silver (aged 15+)
- Gold (aged 16+)
…which lead to a Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
SLIDE 3 The DofE is…
You achieve an Award by completing a personal programme
- f activities in four sections:
Volunteering: undertaking service to individuals or the community. Physical: improving in an area of sport, dance or fitness activities. Skills: developing practical and social skills and personal interests. Expedition: planning, training for and completion of an adventurous journey in the UK or abroad.
SLIDE 4
Bronze Award (14+ years old)
Volunteering Physical Skills Expedition 3 months 3 months 3 months Plan, train for and complete a 2 day, 1 night expedition All participants must undertake a further 3 months in the Volunteering, Physical or Skills section.
SLIDE 5 Choosing activities
There is a massive choice of activities that count towards DofE programmes. You can select practically any activity you want – as long as it’s legal and morally acceptable.
- Activities are placed in specific sections for
a reason.
- You need to choose activities you are going to
enjoy.
- Activities could be something that you are already
doing or perhaps one you’ve always wanted to try.
SLIDE 6
Choosing activities Use the helpful lists and category finder on www.DofE.org/sections.
SLIDE 7 Volunteering
Aim
- To inspire young people to
make a difference within their communities or to an individual’s life and develop compassion by giving service to others.
SLIDE 8 Benefits
- Learn about their community and feel a sense of
belonging and purpose.
- Learn to take responsibility for their communities
and their own actions.
- Build new relationships.
- Further understand their own strengths and
weaknesses.
- Develop teamwork and leaderships skills.
- Trust others and be trusted.
- Enjoy new adventures.
SLIDE 9 What is required?
- At least 3/4 of the activity needs to be practical
volunteering, so only a 1/4 can be training.
- Must be with a voluntary organisation (e.g. charity)
- Must be at least 1 hour a week worth of
volunteering.
SLIDE 10 Volunteering categories
- Helping people
- Community action and raising awareness
- Coaching, teaching and leadership
- Working with the environment or animals
- Helping a charity or community organisation
SLIDE 11 Volunteering opportunities
- See Mr Ireland in P10 on a Wednesday or
Thursday afternoon for-
- Helping out with Computer Club
- Helping out at a café on a Saturday morning
- See Miss Martin in the Mentoring Office in Willow
for-
- Helping out at Beaver Scouts or Cub Scouts
SLIDE 12 Physical
Aim
- To inspire young people to
achieve greater physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle through participation and improvement in physical activity.
SLIDE 13 Benefits
- Enjoy keeping fit.
- Improve fitness.
- Discover new abilities.
- Raise self-esteem.
- Extend personal goals.
- Set and respond to a challenge.
- Experience a sense of achievement.
SLIDE 14 What is a physical activity?
- Team sports
- Individual sports
- Water sports
- Racquet sports
- Dance
- Fitness
- Extreme sports
- Martial arts
In short, anything that requires a sustained level of physical energy and involves doing an activity. You are free to do this section independently or as part of a team.
SLIDE 15 Skills
Aim
- To inspire young people to
develop practical and social skills and personal interests.
SLIDE 16 Benefits
- Develop a new talent.
- Improve self-esteem and confidence.
- Develop practical and social skills.
- Develop better organisational and time
management skills.
- Sharpen research skills.
- Learn how to set and rise to a challenge.
SLIDE 17 Skill
- Creative arts
- Performance arts
- Science and technology
- Care of animals
- Music
- Life skills
- Learning and collecting
- Media and
communication
- Natural world
- Games and sports
Ultimately you must be able to prove that you have broadened your understanding and increased your expertise in the chosen skill.
SLIDE 18 Edofe
- Students need to keep track of their own progress
- n edofe.
- Students will be required to get a signed assessors
report at the end of the completion of sections and upload it to edofe.
SLIDE 19 Expedition
Aim
- To inspire young people to
develop initiative and a sense of adventure and discovery, by planning, training for and completing an adventurous journey as part of a team.
SLIDE 20 Benefits
- Gain an appreciation of and respect for the
- utdoor environment.
- Learn the value of sharing responsibility for success.
- Learn the importance of attention to detail and
- rganisational ability.
- Develop and demonstrate enterprise and imagination.
- Become more self-reliant.
- Become more able to overcome challenges.
- Recognise the needs and strengths of others.
- Improve decision-making skills and the ability to accept
consequences.
- Gain skills to reflect on personal performance.
- Learn to manage risk.
- Learn through experience.
SLIDE 21
The expedition process
Preparation Training Qualifying expedition, debrief and presentation Practice expedition
SLIDE 22
Timescales for qualifying expeditions
Level Duration Minimum hours of planned activity each day Bronze 2 days and 1 night At least 6 hours during the daytime (at least 3 of which must be spent journeying)
SLIDE 23 What to expect from school
- Training sessions- weekly or fortnightly.
- Sessions are compulsory- if you miss 3 sessions
you will lose your place on the programme.
- Follow a scheme of work to ensure safety and
competence on expedition.
- 1 practice expedition (May 2017)
- 1 qualifying expedition (June 2017)
SLIDE 24 Kit Store
- Students are able to borrow some kit but if you
intend to do Silver and Gold it would be beneficial to buy your own kit (not tents or cookers).
- Students will have to pay a deposit to borrow kit
which will only be returned when kit is returned clean, dry, and in full working order.
SLIDE 25 What to do now
- Deadline for return of forms- Friday 16th September
2016
- Must be accompanied by the £19 registration fee.
- The rest of the balance is due on or before Friday
13th January 2017.
- www.dofe.org
- Twitter tgas_dofe
